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- Dictionaryextortion/ɪkˈstɔːʃn/
noun
- 1. the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats: "he used bribery and extortion to build himself a huge, art-stuffed mansion"
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8 hours ago · The action was taken after the Additional Director General (Varanasi Zone) and Deputy Inspector General (Azamgarh Range) unearthed an “extortion racket” in an operation conducted late evening on Wednesday and nabbed the cops and 16 others red-handed, the officers added. On the basis of a report submitted to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on ...
7 hours ago · The diocese’s letter says communities long mired in poverty and ignored by the government must now also suffer being “hostages in their communities, paying extortion to the corresponding ...
4 hours ago · Secession is the formal action of withdrawing from membership of a Union, a State, a federation, or a political entity, pursued by a radical political group. Quebec, Canada, is a case in which an entity tried in the past to separate from a larger Union. A turbulent Eurozone, recently faced a number of multiple possible member-state exits form ...
4 hours ago · High-Definition Media Specifications ... in a broad range of hacks including a destructive attack targeting an American movie studio and the attempted theft and extortion of more than $1.3 billion ...
7 hours ago · Kenny Holston for The New York Times. Former President Barack Obama has been in regular touch with Vice President Kamala Harris since she emerged as the likely Democratic nominee to share his ...
1 day ago · The tomato ( / təmeɪtoʊ / or / təmɑːtoʊ /) is the edible berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, [1] [2] commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. [2] [3] Its domestication and use as a cultivated food may have originated with the indigenous peoples of Mexico.
4 hours ago · New South Wales. An Act to constitute a Commission into illegal drug traficking and organised and other crime. Part 1 Preliminary. 1 Name of Act. This Act may be cited as the. 2 Commencement. New South Wales Crime Commission Act 1985. Sections 1 and 2 shall commence on the date of assent to this Act.
